Results of tailored treatment for breast cancer patients with internal mammary lymph node metastases

Breast

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 254-258

  Heuts, E M ^a   van der Ent, F W C ^b   Hulsewe K W E ^b   von Meyenfeldt, M F ^a   Voogd, A C ^c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Sittard Geleen Heerlen   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adjuvant therapy; Breast cancer; Internal mammary metastases; Internal mammary sentinel node biopsy; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; HORMONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MAMMARY GLANDS, HUMAN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 69749128743     PISSN: 09609776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.breast.2009.05.003     Document Type: Article

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